Fish Report - 6th September 2012
With spring now upon us we should start to get some warmer days around the Bundaberg area, but keep an eye on the weather this weekend as the winds may increase on Saturday and Sunday.
With spring now upon us we should start to get some warmer days around the Bundaberg area, but keep an eye on the weather this weekend as the winds may increase on Saturday and Sunday.
Well, the weather around the Bundaberg region has been almost perfect for the past week or so. The offshore guys have been able to get out amongst a few and some top reefies have been caught.
From all weather predictions, this weekend is the time to head well offshore and find some reef fish and spanish mackerel. Preparation is the key to any trip, so make sure you are well stocked with all the bait and tackle you’ll need.
Even though the recent rains sent some more fresh down the local creeks and rivers, the fishing has still been great.
Offshore fishing has been limited to one day here and two days there in between the blows, but on those days you have been able to get out the fishing has been good.
Catching bream and bass on plastics seem to be the rage at this time of year, but when the temperature drops to our coldest temperatures, these species get a bit lethargic and tend to only nip or bite at the tail soft our plastics – this is called short striking.
Well, around the Bundaberg area, another week of wild weather has passed us by and the strong winds have kept us from heading offshore. However, the local rivers and creeks keep turning it on, with some red-hot fishing sessions.
At the moment the offshore reefs around Bundaberg are producing good-sized black king, red emperor and sweetlip.
Snapper are a little bit slow at present, but as the season progresses, the size and quantity should increase.
The past week has seen some fantastic fishing around Bundaberg, both offshore and in the estuaries.
The guys who got a chance to head offshore were well rewarded with some monster red emperor, cod, coral trout, big sweetlip and a good bag of the usual mixed reef fish.
The offshore fishing around the local Bundaberg area has been a bit quiet with only the usual mix of hussar, parrot, sweetlip and the odd snapper, trout and rd emperor.
There has been a few cobia and spanish mackeral taken also.
Well, we sure have seen our fair share of bad weather recently. Rain, cold and very windy weather has put a stop to offshore fishing.
The only fishing that has been done is in the rivers and dams, with the rivers producing some top quality fish.
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